| Scientific Name: | Galium odoratum |
| Common Name: | sweet woodruff |
| Family Name: | Rubiaceae |
| Origin: | Africa, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Filler, Ground cover, Herb, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Whorled, Prickly, Glabrous, Distinctive smell, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Ciliate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Capsule, Brown |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Spreading groundcover; leaves are med-green, narrowly-lanceolate, whorled (often 8) at light green stem nodes; flowers tiny, white, scented, late May-June. | |